Memorial service held for Lib Dem politician who died in tragic accident
A Civic Memorial Service was held this morning (Monday) to pay tribute to former Eastbourne mayor and politician Beryl Healy who died in a car accident earlier this month.Hundreds of people attended...
View ArticleMayfield promises not to make planning application before local plan is in place
A developer which aims to create a new town of 10,000 homes between Sayers Common and Henfield, has renewed its commitment not to pre-empt local plans.Mayfield Market Towns recently wrote a letter to...
View Article‘Shanty town’ remark councillor replaces outgoing cabinet member
A HORSHAM councillor who once referred to parts of Crawley as ‘a shanty town’ has been appointed to Horsham District Council’s cabinet.Roy Cornell (Con, Roffey South) replaces Holbrook East councillor...
View ArticleGatwick Airport report due on Wednesday
The Airports Commission report, likely to affect the future of both Gatwick and Heathrow, is due to be made public on Wednesday.The Secretary of State will make a statement to the House of Commons,...
View ArticleCOUNTY NEWS: Former Sussex councillor arrested for child sex offence
A former Sussex councillor, who recently announced his sudden resignation, was arrested on suspicion of a child sex offence, it has been revealed.Matthew Julian Lock said he decided to step down at the...
View ArticleCOUNTY NEWS: Sussex men witness terrorist attack on Tunisian beach
A Sussex man who witnessed the ‘terrifying’ moment a terrorist opened fire on holidaymakers on a Tunisian beach said it was ‘like being in a war zone’.Gunman Seifeddine Rezgui killed at least 18...
View ArticleCrawley comedian turns tragedy into comedy
“If I hadn’t moved to Crawley, I would have died.”In her new show, comedian Mel Moon tells how she nearly died of an undiagnosed illness, and nearly took her own life when the symptoms became...
View Article‘Grandiose’ promises labelled as ‘laughable’
Campaigners have called a developer’s pledge not to pre-empt local plans, as ‘laughable’.Mayfield Market Towns, which aims to create a new town of 10,000 homes between Sayers Common and Henfield, has...
View ArticleMan arrested in Crawley on suspicion of rape
A man who was arrested on suspicion of raping a woman has been released on bail.A spokesman for Sussex Police said a man, 24, was arrested at an address in Ryelands Close, Gossops Green, on Wednesday...
View ArticleCouncil to exhibit Crawley parking zone plans
The county council will exhibit its plans to extend parking zones in Crawley.People will be able to comment on the proposals in Pound Hill and Three Bridges at two events.They will be held at...
View ArticleGatwick Airport: CAGNE relieved at Airports Commission report
Protestors fighting Gatwick expansion have reacted with relief to the recommendation of the Airports Commission for a new runway at Heathrow over Gatwick. Following a three year process, the national...
View ArticleAnti-Gatwick expansion group ‘will not rejoice’ at Heathrow runway...
A protest group against Gatwick expansion has said it will not rejoice at The Airports Commission backing Heathrow for airport expansion in the South East.Sir Howard Davies, chairman of The Airports...
View ArticleGatwick Airport: County Council gives cautious response to Airports...
Louise Goldsmith, Leader of West Sussex County Council, said: “Like many residents and businesses across West Sussex we have been waiting for the Airport Commission’s recommendations for quite some...
View ArticleGatwick Airport UPDATE: Green Party condemns Airports Commission report
Caroline Lucas, the Green Party’s MP for Brighton Pavilion, has said she is ‘deeply disappointed’ by the commission’s proposal to expand Heathrow.Lucas is calling for an end to airport expansion and...
View ArticleGatwick Airport: Transport Secretary to make statement on airport expansion
The Transport Secretary will set out how the Government will respond to The Airports Commission’s recommendations on airport expansion in the South East.Sir Howard Davies, chairman of The Airports...
View ArticleGatwick Airport CEO ‘confident’ Government will back second runway
The CEO of Gatwick Airport is ‘confident’ the Government will choose to expand his airport despite The Airport Commission’s recommendations for Heathrow.Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the Commission,...
View ArticleGatwick Airport: GMB comment on Airports Commission report
The union for airport workers has commented on the Airport Commission’s recommendations for airport expansion in the South East.Sir Howard Davies, chairman of the Commission today (Wednesday July 1)...
View ArticleGatwick Airport: Horsham MP Jeremy Quin reacts to Airports Commission report
Jeremy Quin, MP for Horsham this morning welcomed the outcome of the long-awaited Davies Report into expanding airport capacity in the South East of England. “Sir Howard Davies and his Commission were...
View ArticleGatwick Airport: Friends of the Earth say airport expansion goes against UK...
Responding to today’s Airports Commission report, which has recommended a new runway at Heathrow whilst leaving the door open to Gatwick expansion, Friends of the Earth’s head of campaigns Andrew...
View ArticleGatwick Airport: One’s Enough campaigners say Gatwick is not a credible option
One’s Enough, a group which opposes a second runway at Gatwick, has responded to this morning’s Airports Commission report.A statement from the group said: “The Airports Commission has today...
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